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I have been artistic all of my life and love experimenting with different mediums and techniques. This blog is my creative outlet to share my passion for cardmaking and papercrafting!

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Wednesday, December 31, 2014

I hope all of you have a safe Happy New Year's Eve and wonderful 2015! It has truly been a blessing to me to see how many of you visit my blog and I read and treasure each one of your comments :-)

2014 has been a bit of a tough year for us since my husband was diagnosed with cancer in the fall, but Lord Willing, he is handling the chemo well so far and we are praying that he will be in remission once the chemo is finished in the spring :-) We know that all things work together for good to those who love Him and we are resting in His Promises :-)

Trim the Project Life® by
Stampin’ Up!® Smoky Slate plaid card from the Everyday Adventure collection in
half and punch along the bottom with the Spiral Border Punch.

Punch a piece of Basic
Black cardstock with the Spiral Border Punch (I used a scrap strip wide enough
for the vertical panel created above) and adhere behind the bottom portion of
the PLxSU plaid panel, offset just a bit to create a shadow effect.

Add the vertical punched
panel to the card front per the sketch.

Trim two additional Project
Life® by Stampin’ Up!® cards from the Everyday Adventure collection (Smoky
Slate Polka Dot and the Days of the Week), mount the Smoky Slate Polka Dot
piece onto a piece of Basic Black cardstock, trim and adhere onto the Days of
the Week panel. Mount this panel to the
card front.

FYI- I had the globe image
from The Open Sea already printed and ready to go from a previous My Digital
Studio (MDS) card project (in my organized scrap bag)- you can also stamp the
image onto Whisper White cardstock using Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink.

Punch out the globe with
the 2 ½” Circle Punch and punch out another 2 ½” Circle from Basic Black
cardstock (split the black circle in half and mount behind the globe image).

Create the Basic Black bow
using the new Bow Builder Punch and add the Smoky Slate button to the center
(use a small silver of Basic Black cardstock to mimic thread in the button). Add the globe image to the card front using
Stampin’ Dimensionals®.

Use the Big Shot™ with the
retired GoGo Boots Sizzlits™ to cut out the numbers from Smoky Slate cardstock
and add to the card front.

Stamp the sentiment from
the 2015 Sale-A-Bration set, A Happy Thing, using Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink
onto Whisper White cardstock and create the banner using the Hexagon
Punch. Mount onto a piece of Basic
Black cardstock and create the banner points, again with the Hexagon Punch.

Add the sentiment to the
card front using Stampin’ Dimensionals® to finish off the card

Trim and mount the Project
Life® by Stampin’ Up!® card from the Everyday Adventure collection to a piece
of Melon Mambo cardstock, trim again and mount onto the Basic Black card base.

Ink the Four Feathers
images using Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink and stamp onto Whisper White
cardstock. Use the Big Shot™ with the matching
Feathers Framelits™ to cut out the feather images and mount onto the card front using
Stampin’ Dimensionals®.

Punch the sentiment out with the Hexagon
Punch and mount onto another hexagon punched from Melon Mambo cardstock (split
the Melon Mambo hexagon in half and mount behind the sentiment). Add the sentiment to the
card front using Stampin’ Dimensionals®.

Using the new Bow Builder
Punch, create the bow from Melon Mambo cardstock, add the Basic Black button
to the center and mount the bow to the top of
the feathers.

I hope all of you had a wonderful Christmas celebrating the birth
of our Lord and Savior with your families.

It has been 21 years since my mother went to be with the Lord
and both of my husband’s parents are gone, so we understand the sadness that
the holidays can bring…

I know that some of you may have lost loved ones this
year and their loss does make the holidays difficult…I am praying that you were
able to recall the good memories with those loved ones and it brought some
comfort during this time.

I did not have time to create another special Christmas card
just for this belated Christmas post (procrastination is my middle name) so I thought I
would share one of my favorite cards that I created this year.

This card was created from my sister-in-law,
nieces and nephew and in the haste of traveling to their home on Christmas day,
the card was left behind at our home- duh!!

Since it is a bit bulky, I will most likely deliver by hand,
late as usual…....

This sketch will be the last one from one of their designers, Margaret
Moody- I will miss Margaret’s sketches- they are always so clean and intricate! Thanks Margaret for all of
your sketches in the past and your inspiration!!

If you
have not had a chance to visit the Pals Paper Arts site yet, I would encourage
you to do so- they have two fabulous design teams and wonderful galleries each
week!

FYI- For this card, I pulled
out my organized scraps (trust me, not all of my scraps are organized but I am working on it :-)). I already had the sentiment and wise men image printed and ready to go from a previous digital hybrid card and the snowflake background panels were pieces left over from a "homemade designer paper" project years ago...this is why I keep my scraps around- it helps me create quick cards!!

To create
this card:

Using a
brayer, randomly and with quick strokes, apply Melon Mambo, Night of Navy and Rich Razzleberry Classic Ink to a
piece of Whisper White cardstock (use light strokes since all of these colors
are very dark- make sure that you allow some of the white to remain). Do not worry if there are some streaks since
the next step will hide them :-)

Using the
Embossing Buddy®, de-static the brayered panel that you just created above and stamp
the images from the retired set, Serene Snowflakes using Versamark™ ink. Apply Stampin’
Emboss® Black Embossing Powder and heat with the Heat Tool.

Trim the
pieces per the sketch and mount onto a piece of Basic Black cardstock.

Using My
Digital Studio (MDS), position the sentiment and the focal image from the Come
to Bethlehem digital stamp set onto a blank 8.5 x 11 document. Re-size the focal image and print onto
Whisper White cardstock.

Trim the
images and mount onto Basic Black cardstock.

Use the
Big Shot™ with the Stylish Stripes Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder to
emboss a piece of Whisper White cardstock, trim and mount onto a piece of Basic
Black cardstock, trim and mount onto the Rich Razzleberry card base.

Mount the
embossed strips and sentiment onto the card front.

Add the
focal image panel using Stampin’ Dimensionals®.

*** NOTE
*** After assembling the card, I noticed a bit of “dirt” on my sentiment and
focal image panels (most likely from storage since they were a few years old or
from my work surface- lol!) To salvage,
I added some “stars” using the Silver Stampin’ Dazzle Pen. Again, now you know all of my secrets :-)

Attach ½ of a White Tea Lace Paper Doily to the card base,
adhere both the large and medium star using Stampin’ Dimensionals®( large star overlapping the
top of the doily a bit and medium star on an angle).

Use the new Bow Builder Punch to create a bow from Cherry Cobbler
cardstock and adhere to the top of the Cherry Cobbler star.

Use
the Big Shot™ with the Banner Collection Framelits™ to cut the banner and cut another banner (the same size) from a piece of Cherry Cobbler cardstock. Mount the Cherry Cobbler banner behind the
sentiment allowing a bit of the Cherry Cobbler to show at the bottom.

Adhere
a piece of Trim the Tree Designer Series Paper (DSP) to the top of the embossed
Very Vanilla panel (I found this embossed piece in my scraps) and sponged a bit of Baked Brown Sugar Classic Ink over the white plaid to tone it down a bit :-)

Mount
the sentiment banner to the card front using Stampin’ Dimensionals® and adhere
the layered background panel onto a piece of Baked Brown Sugar cardstock.

This
card is a mixed media card that I believe qualifies for the "Shabby Chic" style and I just love this retired sentiment (since I know a few of my friends probably think I am bit of a “flake” lately- lol!!)

Again,
I hope you will find time to visit the challenge sites- wonderful designs and inspiration
from all!

Cut
the snowman to approx. 1 ¾” and create the tag using the Scalloped Tag Topper
Punch. Add the punched border at the
bottom (I used a previously punched strip in my stash using the retired Lace
Ribbon Border Punch).

Apply
Ranger® Tim Holtz® Antique Linen Distress Stain to the paper to “antique” the
white and once dried, use a paint brush to apply Soft White Acrylic Paint to
the snowman to lighten the snow area and small snowflakes over the entire tag.

Ink
the sentiment from Flaky Friends using Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink and stamp onto
a piece of Whisper White cardstock. Apply
Ranger® Tim Holtz® Antique Linen
Distress Stain to distress the paper, add a bit of Island Indigo using the
Stampin’ Write markers around the snowflakes and add the white highlights using
a Faber-Castell White Pitt Pen marker.

Use
the 1 ¾” Circle Punch to punch out the sentiment- punch another circle from
Calypso Coral and Island Indigo cardstock.
Split the Calypso Coral and Island Indigo circles in half and mount
behind the sentiment.

Mount
the sentiment to the card front using Stampin’ Dimensionals® and add the
Rhinestones to finish off the card.

Again, if
you have not visited the above sites, I hope you will do so- great inspiration
from all!

To create
this card:

Use a
scrap piece of paper or a sticky note to mask the snow banks. Use a Sponge Dauber with Baked Brown Sugar
Classic Ink onto the sky area and ink the retired stamp, Evergreen using Early
Espresso Classic Ink and repeatedly stamp the trees in the background.

Use a
Stampin’ Write Early Espresso marker to darken the trees and add highlights
with a Faber-Castell White Pitt Pen.

Add
additional highlights with a paint brush and Soft White acrylic paint as well
as applying highlights to the snow banks.

Use the
Big Shot™ with the Ovals Collection Framelits™ to cut the image into an oval,
cut another oval the same size from Early Espresso cardstock- split the Early
Espresso oval in half and mount behind the masked image.

Use the
Two-Way Glue Pen to apply glue onto the branches and add Dazzling Diamonds
glitter.

Use the
Big Shot™ with the retired Holiday Frame Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder
to emboss a piece of Whisper White cardstock (ink the interior of the folder
before embossing with Baked Brown Sugar Classic Ink). Carefully cut out the embossed panel.

Adhere a
piece of Early Espresso cardstock to the end of a piece of Trim the Tree
Designer Series Paper (DSP). Mount onto
a piece of Whisper White cardstock and adhere to the Early Espresso card base.

Add the
embossed frame and oval image using Stampin Dimensionals® to the card front.

Stamp the
sentiment from the retired Greetings of the Season stamp set using Early
Espresso Classic Ink onto Whisper White cardstock. Create the banner using the Hexagon Punch,
mount onto Early Espresso cardstock (creating the banner with the Hexagon Punch
as well).

Add the
sentiment to the front of the card using Stampin’ Dimensionals®.

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